The Vicious Cycle of Anxiety

This article summarises a simplified “clock face” or vicious cycle model of anxiety based on Beck’s (2010) revised cognitive model of anxiety.

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Cognitive Models of Social Anxiety: Part 1

This short article outlines a cognitive-behavioural conceptualisation of social anxiety from a broad chronological perspective.

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Beck’s Cognitive Model of Anxiety

This is a brief explanation of Beck’s generic cognitive model of anxiety (revised) with questions to help you formulate a cognitive conceptualisation of a specific example situation.

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Problem-Domain Analysis Form (Revised)

This is a short assessment form used to provide an overview of problems in different domains of life and focus on goals, obstacles, coping, and worry, in the most problematic areas.

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What Makes your Problem a Problem?

This short article provides some questions to help you analyse a situation in CBT terms by looking at the different elements of the problem and how they might influence each other.

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Assessing the Impact of a Problem

This set of questions can be used to develop a more complete account of the impact of a presenting problem in therapy.

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